Veronaea
Veronaea is a genus of ascomycete fungi, classified in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. The genus was defined by R. Ciferri and A. Montemartini in 1958.
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| Genus: | Veronaea Cif. & Montemartini. |
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| Veronaea botryosa Cif. & Montemartini. | |
Species of Veronaea grow relatively well in culture, producing sparingly branched, brownish conidiophores with geniculate, sympodial conidiogenous cells with flat, unthickened scars, each producing single 1–septate conidia.[1] The cosmopolitan V. botryosa has 2(–4) celled conidia and although found in soil and other organic matter, it frequently causes skin infections in immunocompromized humans.[2]
References
- Arzanlou, M; Groenwald, JZ; Braun, U; Shin, HD; Crous, PW (2007). "Phylogenetic and morphotaxonomic revision of Ramichloridium and allied genera". Studies in Mycology. 58 (57–93).
- Hoog, GS de; Guarro, J; Gene, J; Figueras, MJ (2000). Atlas of clinical fungi. Baarn, the Netherlands: Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures.
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